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MCI Uganda Media Challenge Fellowship Programme 2021



MCI Uganda Media Challenge Fellowship Programme 2021

 

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Deadline:February 12, 2021

The Media Challenge Initiative invites applications for the 2021 Media Challenge Fellowship Program. The fellowship is intended to provide time and resources to the top applicants to engage in high intense practical meant to turn them into a multifaceted one-man-woman-army journalist.

The Media Challenge Fellowship Program is an aggressive multimedia journalism training program awarded to the best journalism students from the Inter-University Media Challenge, a practical reporting competition in 12 universities in Uganda. The fellowship program is part of the Media Challenge Initiative’s strategic vision of building the next generation of journalists who are not only multi skilled but also critical participants as change agents in changing their communities and the negative African narrative. They aim to combat high rates of youth unemployment while empowering young journalists to improve the quality and impact of the media, seeking to enhance democratic processes through encouraging critical and investigative reports that hold government and institutions accountable.

The fellowship program is based on four pillars:

MCI Fellowship Structure

  • 25 days of practical multimedia journalism training including foundations
  • Multimedia Skills, Participatory youth radio training, Beats reporting, career guidance, media entrepreneurship, data journalism and digital Skills

The Media Mentorship Program

Within the Media Mentorship Program, each fellow is connected to a professional mentor in the media industry for ongoing guidance on a yearlong program. The mentorship program will include;

  • One-to-one pairing with a media mentor in mentee’s field of choice
  • Community of experts the mentees can reach out to with specific questions
  • Mentee-ship Workshops
  • Mentor-Mentee Orientation workshop
  • Networking events with exhibition of student work

Eligibility

  • The Media Challenge Fellowship Program is open to only Ugandan  Journalism and Communication Students.

All applicants work for a max of 50 points. Category award winners ( see IMC competition winners) start the application with10 point advantage, 1st Runner-up with 8 points, 2nd Runner-up with 6 points, 3rd Runner-up with 4points in their account.

  1. Participation in the IMC competition as listed above
  2. Passion and Commitment level 10 points
  3. Creativity, Motivation and Skills: 10 points
  4. Diversity and Team work: 10 points
  5. Story Project Idea 10 Points

Application

  1. Completed Application Form
  2. Sample of your work like articles, video/radio clips, photography and blogs
  3. A reference letter from any of your next of Kin

Click here to apply. For

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